Patents by Inventor Shoji Noguchi

Shoji Noguchi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7077575
    Abstract: An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring raceway 2a and an inner ring raceway 4a are increased with respect to the diameter Db of the balls 6. At the same time, the diameter Db of the balls 6 and the thickness of an inner ring 5a are not set excessively small to thereby be able not only to prevent Brinell impressions from being formed in the outer ring raceway 2a but also to prevent the inner ring 5a from being damaged or cracked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Hisato Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Terada, Takashi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Koshi, Hiroya Achiha, Shoji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20050074192
    Abstract: An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring raceway 2a and an inner ring raceway 4a are increased with respect to the diameter Db of the balls 6. At the same time, the diameter Db of the balls 6 and the thickness of an inner ring 5a are not set excessively small to thereby be able not only to prevent Brinell impressions from being formed in the outer ring raceway 2a but also to prevent the inner ring 5a from being damaged or cracked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Hisato Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Terada, Takashi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Koshi, Hiroya Achiha, Shoji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 6719458
    Abstract: An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring raceway 2a and an inner ring raceway 4a are increased with respect to the diameter Db of the balls 6. At the same time, the diameter Db of the balls 6 and the thickness of an inner ring 5a are not set excessively small to thereby be able not only to prevent Brinell impressions from being formed in the outer ring raceway 2a but also to prevent the inner ring 5a from being damaged or cracked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Hisato Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Terada, Takashi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Koshi, Hiroya Achiha, Shoji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 6634103
    Abstract: The locus of the displacement of the centers of the balls of a ball bearing is made elliptical and the radial bearing rigidity of the ball bearing in one radial direction is made greater than the radial bearing rigidity in another radial direction orthogonal to the one radial direction, or at least one of the axial length of the portion on the outer diametral surface of the inner race of the ball bearing which is fitted to a shaft and the axial length of the portion on the outer diametral surface of the outer race of the ball bearing which is fitted to a housing is made ½ or less of the bearing width of the ball bearing, whereby the radial rigidity of a ball bearing device is made very small as compared with the radial rigidity in the prior art. As a result, the stability of a swing arm system can be enhanced and higher speed and higher accuracy of control become possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Muraki, Katsuhiko Tanaka, Shigeru Endo, Chuichi Sato, Ikunori Sakatani, Shoji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20030086629
    Abstract: An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring raceway 2a and an inner ring raceway 4a are increased with respect to the diameter Db of the balls 6. At the same time, the diameter Db of the balls 6 and the thickness of an inner ring 5a are not set excessively small to thereby be able not only to prevent Brinell impressions from being formed in the outer ring raceway 2a but also to prevent the inner ring 5a from being damaged or cracked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Hisato Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Terada, Takashi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Koshi, Hiroya Achiha, Shoji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 6524008
    Abstract: An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring raceway 2a and an inner ring raceway 4a are increased with respect to the diameter Db of the balls 6. At the same time, the diameter Db of the balls 6 and the thickness of an inner ring 5a are not set excessively small to thereby be able not only to prevent Brinell impressions from being formed in the outer ring raceway 2a but also to prevent the inner ring 5a from being damaged or cracked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: NSK, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Hisato Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Terada, Takashi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Koshi, Hiroya Achiha, Shoji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 6513983
    Abstract: A ball bearing comprises an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of balls disposed between inner and outer rings. The number of the balls is made to be not smaller than 10. Lubricant is also enclosed between the inner and outer rings in such a manner that the amount of the lubricant is regulated not more than 8% of the volume of a space between the inner and outer rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Tanaka, Keisuke Kimura, Kazuhiro Uemura, Shoji Noguchi, Hiroshi Nakajima, Toru Takamizawa
  • Patent number: 6481898
    Abstract: A ball bearing in which the heat value in an inner ring is decreased and the heat value in an outer ring is brought closer to the heat value in the inner ring by making the radius of curvature for the inner ring groove larger, and defining the radius of curvature for the outer ring groove as 50.5% to 53.0% of the ball diameter. The arrangement of the present invention suppresses the heat value in the entire ball bearing and extends the bearing life at a reduced cost without using a large flow rate lubrication method or a preloading method such as constant preloading. In addition, a decrease in heat generation, seizing resistance and wear resistance can be attained further by optimizing a relation between the raceway groove and the ball diameter, by optimizing the number of balls, by controlling the ingredient composition for the material of the bearing ring, and by forming a hard deposition film on the surface of the raceway groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yakura, Hirotoshi Aramaki, Yukio Ooura, Akio Fujii, Sumio Sugita, Dai Kinno, Shoji Noguchi, Koji Ueda
  • Patent number: 6379049
    Abstract: In the roller bearing, between an outer ring (1) and an inner ring (2), there are interposed a plurality of tapered rollers (3) in a freely rollable manner. A flange portion (4) is formed in the side portion of the inner ring (2). The undercut allowance ratios of a contact ellipse formed due to mutual contact between the flange portion (4) and the end face of the roller (3) is set in the range of −0.6≦(h−b−c)/b≦2, where a grinding undercut dimension on the flange portion (4) is expressed as c, a contact point height between the flange portion (4) and the end face of the roller (3) is expressed as h, and the minor radius of a contact ellipse formed due to contact between the flange portion (4) and the end face of the roller (3) is expressed as b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shibazaki, Tetsu Takehara, Shinichi Natsumeda, Shoji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 6378382
    Abstract: A device is provided for measuring non-repetitive run-out and dynamic torque simultaneously for a radial rolling bearing, comprising a holder for holding one of the outer and inner races, a pushing member for pushing the holder in an axial direction without confining the holder in both of the radial and rotational directions, a drive shaft for rotatingly driving the other of the outer and inner races, a precision bearing device for rotatingly supporting the drive shaft, a displacement sensor for measuring radial displacement of the one of the outer and inner races, a wire having one end connected to a portion which rotates together with the one of the outer and inner races, and a torque sensor connected to the other end of the wire to measure dynamic torque applied to the one of the outer and inner races.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Noguchi, Ryoma Endou
  • Publication number: 20020034350
    Abstract: The locus of the displacement of the centers of the balls of a ball bearing is made elliptical and the radial bearing rigidity of the ball bearing in one radial direction is made greater than the radial bering rigidity in the other radial direction orthogonal to the one radial direction, or at least one of the axial length of the portion on the inner diametral surface of the inner race of the ball bearing which is fitted to a shaft and the axial length of the portion on the outer diametral surface of the outer race of the ball bearing which is fitted to a housing is made ½ or less of the bearing width of the ball bearing, whereby the radial rigidity of a ball bearing device is made greatly small as compared with the radial rigidity in the prior art and as the result, the stability of a swing arm system can be enhanced and the higher speed and higher accuracy of control become possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Muraki, Katsuhiko Tanaka, Shigeru Endo, Chuichi Sato, Ikunori Sakatani, Shoji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 6053638
    Abstract: The locus of the displacement of the centers of the balls of a ball bearing is made elliptical and the radial bearing rigidity of the ball bearing in one radial direction is made greater than the radial bearing rigidity in another radial direction orthogonal to the one radial direction, or at least one of the axial length of the portion on the inner diametral surface of the inner race of the ball bearing which is fitted to a shaft and the axial length of the portion on the outer diametral surface of the outer race of the ball bearing which is fitted to a housing is made 1/2 or less of the bearing width of the ball bearing, whereby the radial rigidity of a ball bearing device is made very small as compared with the radial rigidity in the prior art. As a result, the stability of a swing arm system can be enhanced and higher speed and higher accuracy of control become possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Muraki, Katsuhiko Tanaka, Shigeru Endo, Chuichi Sato, Ikunori Sakatani, Shoji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 5882122
    Abstract: A rolling bearing having a plurality of rolling elements interposed between an inner race and an outer race, wherein the number of the rolling elements is selected to be equal to a number having, as divisors, main low-frequency peak components of geometrical error of the inner and outer races to be assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Noguchi, Katsuhiko Tanaka, Ikunori Sakatani, Keisuke Kimura, Kazuhiro Uemura, Hiroshi Nakajima, Toru Takamizawa
  • Patent number: 5361648
    Abstract: The rolling/sliding outer ring of the cam follower apparatus withstand peeling very well, even in sever lubrication conditions, through the steps that on the outer peripheral surface of the outer ring, the depth of the surface layer is taken to be 0 to 50 .mu.m, and the maximum residual compressive stress in this surface layer is between 50 and 110 kgf/mm.sup.2, the hardness of this surface layer is between Hv830 and Hv960, and the average wavelength of the very minute protrusions on the surface is less than 25 .mu.m, and the amount of residual austenite in the surface layer exceeds 7 volume %, after processing, while the inner peripheral surface, of the outer ring is superfinished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Murakami, Yasuo Utsumi, Shoji Noguchi, Yasuyuki Shimasaki, Hiroshi Iwasa, Satoshi Kadokawa
  • Patent number: 5333954
    Abstract: A part with excellent wear resistance when subjected to both sliding friction and rolling friction has a layer in the range from 0 to 50 microns beneath the surface with a maximum compressive residual stress of at least 90 kgf/mm.sup.2, and a hardness of at least Hv 780. The average radius of curvature of tips of minute protrusions existing on the surface is made at least 90 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Noguchi, Satoru Aihara